Smart move by the judge...
actually, it was a self-serving move by the judge.
Choose yer battles. Yep.
The activist ruling against Sheriff Joe Arpaio NEVER rested in guilt of “targeting” illegals, as after extensive investigations and every attempt to prove his department did target illegals, left wing motivated investigations were not able to establish any proof.
The judgement passed down against Sheriff Joe Arpaio stemmed from a truly left wing activist judges order to Sheriff Arpaio to provide a high volume of information by a nearly impossible deadline, and after repeated denial of request by the same judge for even a little more time to comply, the ensuing ‘contempt of court’.
Sheriff Arpaio and his lawyers also formally requested a trial by jury multiple times, and were denied by the same judge.
There are multiple problems here, and the left has really wanted to eliminate him for a long time.
Ultimately, the illegal population is nothing more than a collective pawn to the left anyway. They are a means to a literal end of our Constitutional system.
Unfortunately, Sheriff Arpaio will never have a chance to actually prove he was innocent.